Jeff Bale

Associate Professor
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Headshot of Jeff Bale.

Biography

Professor Jeff Bale is an Associate Professor in the Language & Literacy in Education program (LLE)  in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning (CTL) at the 遙ぺ整氈窒 Institute for Studies in Education.

Research interests

In his research, Dr. Bale focuses on language policy and teacher education in 遙ぺ整氈窒 and Germany. Together with Professor Eve Haque (co-PI) from York University, he is currently PI on the SSHRC-funded research project Language, Race, and Regulating Difference: The Heritage Languages Program in 遙ぺ整氈窒, 19771987 In this archival and oral-history research project, Professor Bale is investigating linguistic dimensions of systemic racism in 遙ぺ整氈窒s publicly funded schools and how past experiences can inform current efforts to expand linguistic justice in 遙ぺ整氈窒 schools. From 2017-2021 he was PI on another SSHRC-funded project with Professor Antoinette Gagn矇 (co-PI) and Professor Julie Kerekes (co-PI) on teacher preparation for working with multilingual learners. The book from this project, More Than Just Good Teaching: Centering Multilingual Learners and Challenging Racism in Teacher Education will appear in July 2023 with Multilingual Matters. Professor Bale also serves as Vice 遙ぺ整氈窒, University and External Affairs for the University of Toronto Faculty Association (20222024).